Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-11

so ma bssn mat 1islly amended ~ xesiagr.a
Potter, Gregory, Powers, KeYog mud ofheTt.I
Tho essential amendlne adopted were:
. g section That the ~ upon tho gross
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corporation In this state ceaaes To own and OPP!
crate railroad i shall cease 70 exist 8 Irs1l
mr. shall any railroad charge any person moro
for the same class and amount Of service than Is
Charged TO any other person for similar service.
Donnelly's argument for the bill was
very able and conservative effort The maiE
feature Of this bill ii. OF course. its purpose
TO tax the land grants Of railroads as other
properly is taxed, and to prevent rai,road
corporations from going outside of their
legitimate field TO monOpolize other indus
trieA He spoke altogether for two hours.
defending. by constitute law and the cita-
ton from innumerable famous authorities
of points in his favor, the sovereign right of
q state to tax these grants and TO restrict
railroad corporations by all just means. In
Ghis line of his argument he was not contro-
to him. The gentlemen who amended the
bill did 80 to perfect its technical strength
and nothing more ~
S.:ra BILLS PASSED.
To authorize tho county commissioners Of st.
Louis county to appoint superintendent of the
Fixing tho time for holding the general term
Of tho Cottonwood county district court
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Hennepin county.
Amending the oct relating to the term Of the
district court tu Watonwan county.
SENATE.
Mr. Goodrich, from the committee on
soldiers home, reported favorably on the
joint memorial relating to an old soldiers
homo and granting the grounds and build
rich also reported an amendment to tho bill
authorizing the sale of public buildings and
grounds for the relief of old soldiers 40 az
to include old and disabled soldiers from
other states now resident in this state.
Mr.. Hall, from the committee on railroads
dom of traffic bill, striking out the penalty
of forfeiture of charter and making other
unimp0rtant changes.
The senate then went into committee Of
the whole, Mr.. Daniel in the chair. The fol-
lowing bills were recommended to pass:
Finseth, repeating chapter 81 Special Laws Of
1881: Whiteman, relating to sheriffs' levies and
removal OF property: Swenson, for the protec-
ton OF locomotive engineers and fremen;
i "rkhardt. appropriatine money for higher ed
ucatiOn: White1nan, relating to suits against
corpol Ations and services on officers; Eaton.
amending the penal code relating to grand lar
ceny.
Mr. Comstock introduced two important
bills In the senate yesterday affecting real
estate title insurance companies The bill
is the result Of conference of the title COM
panies of st Paul and Minneapolis and en-
braces provisions recommended by him
The first bill relates to the formation of title
insurance companies. and allows ten or more
persons to form q company with capital
stock not exceeding 81 ,OOO, 900 and not less
than $500. 900, for the purpose of insuring
owners of real estate against defective titles
Two-f fths OF the capital stock-not less than
5000. OOO-nust be set aside az guarantee
fund, and until this fund is provided no
policy of insurance shall be issued The
company must file certificates of organiza-
ton with the insurance commissioner De-
fore they can issue policies The other bill
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